Alcohol or powder appliance.



S. A. MILLER.

I ALCOHOL 0R POWDER APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23, 1913- Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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Patented Sept. 16, 1 91 3.

evalu t on illcdianuary 2a, 1913. Serial No. 743,710.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SARAH A. Mimics, a,

citizen of the United States, residing at 173 West Eighty-first street,New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements'in Alcohol or Powder. Appliances,fully described and represented in the following specification and theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

The present invention relates to a means by which a single receptacle orbox having a suitable handle may be provided with a detachable softfabric covering and adapted to furnish such covering with a supply ofdry powder or of alcohol or other bathing fluid to moisten the same, thehandle being preferably constructed to apply the box with ease to anypart of the body.

The invention embraces a box having a detachable cover which permits itsbeing filled with powder or alcohol, such cover being perforated withsuitable holes to discharge the powder or alcohol. A soft porous fabricis secured detachably over the perforations and is itself unperforatedif designed to be used with the alcohol, as it absorbs the alcoholfreely and furnishes a moist rubber. If designed to'be used with thepowder, it is preferably perforated with holes corresponding to those inthe box so that the powder may be shaken out't hrough the two sets ofperforations, and the soft fabric covering utilized to spread and rubthe powder upon the body.

As a larger number of holes is required for discharging powder -than fordischarging a liquid like alcohol, the box is provided with twointerchangeablefcaps secured removably thereon by a screw-thread or abayonet-lock, one cap having but few perforations to use with'alcohol,and an unperforated fabric covering, and the other cap having moreperforations adapted to use with a correspondingly perforated fabriccovering for applying powder.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan of the device fitted up for the application ofpowder; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same; Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe box with a ca screwed thereon; and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the boxwith a ca secured thereon by abayonetlock; Fig. 3 1s a perspective viewof a detachable cap perforated for use with powder' Fig. 4 is a similarview of the cap perforatedw th two ho esfor us with alco- 1191; Fig. 5isasection of a cap with an un-x/ perforated co ering secured thereonfor use 5;;

with. alcohol; and. Fig. 6 is a. section of a cap perforated flirusewith powder and hav mg a perforated covering secured "thereon,

The box a has a handle 6 projected from one edge near the bottom, a wirehandlebeing shown extended to suill'cient length for applying the box tothe back or other parts 0 the body.

In Fig. 2, the edges of the box and cap are shown formed with ascrew-thread engagement, to make the cap'detachable.

Fig- 2 shows a box with radial pin (l thereon and right-angle notch d inthe cap to fit the same, as is common with a bayonetlock. T he caps inFigs. 3 and 4 are shown with similar screw-threads so. as to beinterchangeably secured upon the box, the one in Fig. 3 having twelveholes e for discharg- 1ng powder freely; while that in Fig. 4 has onlytwo holes 6' for discharging alcohol.

The fabric-covering for the cap, as shown in Fig. 7, is a square sectionof felt or porous cloth 1 which is secured detachably upon the cap bystretching its edges over the edge of the cap and securing themremovably thereto by a cord or elastic band g. Such construction enablesthe renewal of the fabric-covering when it is soiled or worn, as it isparticularly liable to be when used for giving an alcohol rub. Suchdetachab lity and renewability is one of the chief advantages of myconstruction.

The orous fabric is shown in Figs. 1 and 6 provided with perforations ein corre spondence with the holes e in the cap, and the fabric is shownadjusted so that the holes in the fabric and the cap coincide and thepowder may be shaken out through the same.

The fabric covering is shown in Fig. 5 unperforated and stretched overthe two holes 6' in the cap, which is thus adapted to furnish a supplyof fluid to the fabric covering through which it filters, keeping thesame moist while in use.

It is obvious that the fluid can only be applied to the surface of thebody by rubbing the fabric-covering upon the skin, which in time soilsand fouls the covering, so as to need renewal or cleansing. By holdingthe fabric detachably upon the cap by means of a cord or elastic, it isreadily renewed, and

the device thus kept in a sanitary condition. 4 The caps beinginterchangeable, it is obvious that the box may be supplied with eitherpowder or bathing fluid, and a suitable cap and covering secured thereonfor using the powder or fluid in the desired manner.

The form of handle attached to the box is immaterial, and either a longor short handle may be provided; but a long flexible handle such asis'shown in the drawing is most convenient for applying the device tothe back and many other parts of the body.

Having thus set forth the-nature of the invention, what is claimedherein is:

In a device for applying powder or alcohol, the combination, with a boxhaving a handle Brojected from one side, of interchangea le perforatedcaps with means for locking them removably upon the box, and a porousfabric secured upon each of the said caps, one of such fabrics havingholes to coincide with the holes in its cap.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SARAH ANN MILLER.

